The gap in employment rates between the three local authorities
with highest and lowest rates has fluctuated in recent years and is
now at roughly the same level as in 2004.

The proportion of healthy weight children has fluctuated around
the same general level with no clear pattern between 2008 and
2015.

The percentage of people who have been a victim of crime remains
on a downward trend.

The percentage of children living in material deprivation
decreased in 2014/15 following an increase in the previous two
years. In 2010/11, there was a change to the questions asked in the
survey.

Since December 2012, all unintentionally homeless households
have been entitled to settled accommodation.

Performance Maintaining

Levels of healthy life expectancy have been gradually increasing
since 1980. However, there has been little change since 2008, with
year-to-year fluctuations.

The ratio of income of the top 10% divided by the bottom 40% has
remained stable in recent years, following a relatively large
decrease between 2009/10 and 2010/11.

The percentage of the working age population with low or no
qualifications continues to decline as part of a consistent
downward trend.

The proportion of workers who are underemployed remained stable
between 2014 and 2015, following a declining trend since the peak
in 2012. The upward trend in earlier years was due to the recession
in 2008.

The proportion of employees earning less than the Living Wage
remained stable between 2015 and 2016.

The gender pay gap has gradually decreased since 2000, remaining
stable in 2016.

The proportion of school leavers in learning, training or work
increased between 2008/09 and 2015/16.

The proportion of babies with a healthy birth weight increased
from 88.9% to 90.1% between 2001 and 2016.

The proportion of adults meeting physical activity guidelines
has been stable since 2012. Using the old guidelines, the
proportion of adults meeting the recommendations was also stable
between 2008 and 2012.

The percentage of adults assessing their health as 'good' or
'very good' fluctuated from 2008 to 2011 and has been more stable
between 2012 and 2015.

Average adult scores on the Warwick- Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing
Scale have remained stable between 2008 and 2015.

The percentage of people receiving personal care at home, rather
than in a care home or hospital, remained stable last year.

The proportion of adults who smoke has been on an overall
downward trend, with a relatively large decrease in 2013.

Alcohol related hospital admissions peaked in 2007/08. They have
since declined by 22%, remaining stable in 2015/16.

The percentage of people who agree that they can influence
decisions affecting their local area has increased since 2007.

The percentage of adults using the internet for personal use
remained stable between 2014 and 2015, following a steep upward
trend.

The percentage of people who rated their neighbourhood as a very
good place to live increased between 2006 and 2011, but has
remained stable since.

The percentage of adults who engaged in a cultural activity
remained stable between 2012 and 2015. The survey question was
changed in 2012. Previously the percentage had remained fairly
stable since 2007.

The percentage of adults who live within a 5 minute walk of
their local greenspace has remained about the same for the last
three years.

Performance Worsening

Scotland's educational performance has fallen to 2 points above
the
OECD
average in 2015. This is due to declines in Scottish performance in
Science and Reading.

Premature mortality increased for the first time in 2015.
Despite the increase, premature mortality is at its third lowest
level over the full time series, having previously decreased
year-on-year for every year in recent decades.

The percentage of people who perceive crime to have stayed the
same or reduced in their area decreased in 2014/15. However, this
number has risen continuously since 2003.

The percentage of people who are 'very' or 'fairly' satisfied
with local public services has fluctuated in recent years and
decreased in 2015.

Performance Worsening

The proportion of people living in relative poverty is on a long
downward trend, but has fluctuated since 2009.

Equalities And Human Rights Committee -
Appendix

This appendix uses the data available on Scotland Performs
to provide data breakdowns for some of the indicators in this
scorecard.

Further breakdowns are available on
Scotland Performs
for some of these and other National Performance Framework
indicators.

Population - Supported by increased healthy life expectancy
in Scotland in the period from 2007 to 2017

Women have a higher Healthy Life Expectancy than men. The gap
widened in 2015.

Improve the skill profile of the population

A higher percentage of the population aged 50 and older has low
skills compared to those under 50.

A slightly higher percentage of women than men have low skills.
The gap continued to narrow in 2013.

Reduce the proportion of employees earning less than the
Living Wage

A higher proportion of female employees than male employees earn
less than the Living Wage.

Improve levels of educational attainment

On average (across reading, maths and science) male students in
Scotland outperform the
OECD
average to a greater extent than females do. The extent to which
Scotland's mean scores exceed the
OECD
average has remained the same for males between 2009 and 2012, but
has increased for females.

Increase the proportion of young people in learning,
training or work

Although the difference has narrowed in recent years, there is
still a gap between the proportion leaving school from the least
deprived areas going in to learning, training or work compared to
school leavers from the most deprived areas.

The proportion of school leavers with additional support needs
in learning, training or work has been increasing. However, there
remains a gap between them and their peers without additional
support needs.

There is little difference in the proportion of female and male
school leavers in learning, training or work.

School leaver data from 2012/13 onwards is not directly
comparable with data prior to this.

Increase the proportion of healthy weight
children

In 2015, the percentage of children with a healthy weight is
similar for girls and boys.

Children in the least deprived areas are more likely to have a
healthy weight than those in the most deprived areas.

Increase physical activity

Men are more likely to meet physical activity guidelines than
women.

The percentage of adults meeting physical activity
recommendations decreases with age. Although, the 75+ age group has
seen the largest increase between 2012 and 2015.

Improve self-assessed general health

The percentage of men and women assessing their general health
as 'good' or 'very good' has been similar since 2008.

Self-assessed general health decreases with age. Although, the
biggest increases between 2008 and 2015 were in the 65- 74 and 75+
age groups.

In 2015, self-assessed general health was lowest in the most
deprived areas and highest in the least deprived areas.

Improve mental wellbeing

The gap between men's and women's mental wellbeing scores has
been narrowing since 2012 and they are now equal.

Between 2008 and 2015, people aged 75 and older had the largest
increase in mental health score. People aged 16 to 24 had the
largest decrease.

In 2015, mental wellbeing scores were lowest in the most
deprived areas and highest in the least deprived areas.

Reduce premature mortality

Premature mortality rates are higher in the most deprived areas
than the least deprived areas.

Reduce the percentage of adults who smoke

Smoking rates have been falling gradually for both men and
women. In 2015, men were slightly more likely to smoke cigarettes
than women.

In 2015, smoking rates were highest in the most deprived areas
and lowest in the least deprived areas.

Reduce alcohol related hospital admissions

Rates of alcohol related hospital admissions are higher among
men than women.

Rates of alcohol related hospital admissions have fallen across
all age groups between 2006/07 and 2015/16.

Rates of alcohol related hospital admissions are higher in the
most deprived areas than in the least deprived areas.

Improve people's perceptions about the crime rate in their
area

Men were more likely to agree that the local crime rate has
reduced or stayed the same than women.

Between 2008/09 and 2014/15, the percentage of people who said
that the local crime rate has reduced or stayed the same increased
across all age groups, other than those aged 25-34 and 35-44 where
changes were not significant.

The gap in perceptions of crime rate between the most deprived
areas and the rest of Scotland fell between 2012/13 and
2014/15.

Reduce crime victimisation rates

The risk of being a victim of a crime is higher for men than for
women.

The risk of being a victim of crime is higher for adults living
in the 15% most deprived areas, compared to those living in the
rest of Scotland.

Improve people's perceptions of the quality of public
services

Those aged 65 and older are the most satisfied with local public
services, even though in those age groups satisfaction levels have
fallen.

People living in urban areas are more likely to be satisfied
with local public services.

Reduce the proportion of individuals living in
poverty

The percentage of single working age women with dependent
children living in relative poverty has fallen over time. However,
in 2014/15 it was higher than the percentages of single working age
men and women without dependent children living in poverty.

There has been a general decrease in the percentage of people
living in relative poverty across the age groups. In 2014/15,
levels of relative poverty were similar for each age group.

People living in a household with a disabled adult are more
likely to be living in relative poverty.

Please note figures from 2012/13 onwards are not directly
comparable to previous years due to the definition of disability
changing.

Widen use of the internet

Internet use has risen for all age groups between 2007 and 2015,
with the largest rises among those aged 60 and older.

The gap in internet use between the least and most deprived has
narrowed from 29% in 2007 to 16% in 2015.

Improve people's perceptions of their
neighbourhood

The percentage of people who rate their neighbourhood as a 'very
good' place to live has increased for both men and women and are at
very similar levels.

Between 2007 and 2015, the percentage of people who rate their
neighbourhood as a 'very good' place to live has increased across
all age groups.

The percentage of people who rate their neighbourhood as a 'very
good' place to live is lower in the most deprived areas.

Increase cultural engagement

Between 2012 and 2015, levels of cultural engagement have
increased across all age groups, although engagement decreases with
age.

Overall, cultural engagement is at the highest level to date,
but people are more culturally engaged in the less deprived
areas.

Data for 2012 onwards is not directly comparable with data prior
to this.

Improve access to local greenspace

A higher proportion of adults in less deprived areas live within
a 5 minute walk of local greenspace.